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Contextual factors influencing the developmental characteristics of young children with severe to profound intellectual disability: A critical review KU Leuven
Background: In typical development, primarily contextual factors at the family level are clearly associated with child developmental outcomes. In contrast, knowledge about the contextual factors influencing the developmental characteristics of children (0–12 years) with severe to profound intellectual disability is scarce. Method: Through computerised searches of 4 bibliographic databases, 54 studies were identified. Results: The included ...
Physical activity correlates in children and adolescents, adults, and older adults with an intellectual disability: a systematic review KU Leuven
PURPOSE: Understanding enablers of and barriers for physical activity (PA) participation in people with intellectual disability (ID) is an essential first step to develop effective interventions. This systematic review examined correlates of PA across the socio-ecological model (i.e., intra-personal, inter-personal, environmental and policy level) in people with ID across the lifespan. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Major electronic databases were ...
Respiratory illness in children with disability: a serious problem? KU Leuven
KEY POINTS: Children with neurocognitive impairment often present with chronic or recurrent respiratory problems.The respiratory problems have an important impact on quality of life and life expectancy.The underlying causes are multiple: risk of aspiration, insufficient cough, upper airway obstruction and progressive kyphoscoliosis.There is often a complex interplay between these known risk factors.The diagnostic and therapeutic approach should ...
'I never thought I would have to do this': narrative study with siblings-in-law who live together with a family member with a disability Ghent University
The relationship between class attitudes towards peers with a disability and peer acceptance, friendships and peer interactions of students with a disability in regular secondary schools KU Leuven
© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Students with a disability in inclusive classes often face problems with peer acceptance, friendships and peer interactions. In this paper, the relationship between these difficulties in social participation and the attitudes that typically developing adolescents hold towards peers with a disability at the level of the class was explored. A cross-sectional study was performed ...
Intergenerational influence and quality of life: A study within families with a child with a disability KU Leuven Ghent University
The aim of the present study was to investigate (a) how intergenerational influence takes form within families with a child with a disability, and (b) the extent to which positive and negative influence - as perceived by family members - within and across generations, is predictive of family members' subjective quality of life. The study involved 60 two-parent two-child families where one of the children had a disability. Within a round-robin ...
An intersectional approach towards parental employment in families with a child with a disability University of Antwerp KU Leuven
For parents with disabled children labour market participation is difficult since these children require care that exceeds typical parental care. At the same time, disabled children often live in families who belong to social categories that are associated with lower employment probabilities. However, the intersection between disability and social categories is hitherto overlooked in the literature. Drawing on a case study of Belgium, this ...
Exploring new roads towards more family quality of life: A study on family quality of life, the family-centered approach, and the relation between both, in families with a child with an intellectual disability in the context of home-based support in Fland KU Leuven
Recent research on families with a child with a disability pays much attention to family quality of life (FQOL) and the family-centered approach (FCA). Although plenty of research has been conducted on their theorizing, conceptualization, and measurement, several questions regarding both concepts remain unanswered. In addition, several questions regarding their realization are still unresolved. Moreover, although they are often conceptually ...